1. Suppose (27.625 base 10) is represented using a 16-bit Floating Point Format where 1 bit is for the sign bit, 5 bits is for exponent and 10 bits is for mantissa. What is the exponent? Do not involve a space character when you type your answer

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1. Suppose (27.625 base 10) is represented using a 16-bit Floating Point Format where 1 bit is for the sign bit, 5 bits is for exponent and 10 bits is for mantissa. What is the exponent? Do not involve a space character when you type your answer.

2. Suppose (-27.625 base 10) is represented using a 16-bit Floating Point Format where 1 bit is for the sign bit, 5 bits is for exponent and 10 bits is for mantissa.  What is the the result? Do not involve a space character when you type your answer.

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